NASU Embarks On 3-Day Warning Strike In Uniuyo

The Non-Academic Staff
Union (NASU) University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State branch has embarked on  three-day   warning strike over an alleged sack  of two security officials of the institution by the University authorities.
The Tide gathered that the three-day warning strike by the Union which commenced  on Thursday  will end today Monday with administrative  activities paralyzed henceforth.
The Tide further gathered that the Union was protesting the refusal of the Universities management to recall the sacked  security officials as demanded by the Union.
The two security officials were sacked last year in the wake of violent students protest that took place in the university’s faculty of engineering.
The students had embarked on peaceful protest last year the demand  for over affordable  transport policy for students shuttling between the university old campus and the new campus at Nwaniba for lectures, but the protest later went out of control.
The Tide further learnt that the vice chancellor, Professor Comfort Ekpo, then  invited police to quell the protest, however the police started shooting the students with live bullets leading to the death of one student, while many others were  injured  including  some  members of the Union. The vice chancellor’s office  and the Registrar’s office  were  burnt by the irate students. Consequently the University’s  authorities set-up an Independent  verification panel  where the two security officials were indicted for negligence and were summarily sacked.
NASU is therefore protesting their sack by the University authorities.